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Lezlee Westine

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Lezlee Westine
Director of the Office of Public Liaison
In office
January 20, 2001 – May 25, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMary Beth Cahill
Succeeded byRhonda Keenum
Personal details
Born (1960-08-28) August 28, 1960 (age 64)
Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Florida (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Lezlee Jean Westine (born August 28, 1960) is an American political advisor and attorney serving as the president and chief executive of Personal Care Products Council and a former Republican operative who worked for President George W. Bush.[1]

Career

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Westine began her career practicing political and election law in California for Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor. She then ran the northern California office of Governor Pete Wilson. Westine helped found Technet, a political network of high-level executives to promotes the growth of technology sector.[2]

In 2001 she was selected to serve as White House Director of the Office of Public Liaison.[3]

As an executive for PCPC, Westine's salary for 2012 was $920,592.00,[4]

Personal life

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Westine is the single mother of one daughter.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Presidential Nomination: Lezlee Jean Westine
  2. ^ "TechNet Staff, Lezlee Westine, President and CEO, TechNet". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  3. ^ Vanessa Mizell (2009-06-01). "New at the Top". Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Fin Documents" (PDF). www.guidestar.org. 2012.
  5. ^ GERALDINE BAUM (2002-05-13). "A Woman's Place: The resignation of Karen Hughes, the White House's most influential female advisor, has set off a debate". LA Times.
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Political offices
Preceded by Director of the Office of Public Liaison
2001–2005
Succeeded by